Luis De Filippis

Luis De Filippis is a Canadian- Italian film director and screenwriter from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] She is most noted for her 2017 short film For Nonna Anna, which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019. The film went on to receive a Special Jury Prize at Sundance.[2]

De Filippis, was also the winner of the Emerging Canadian Artist award at the 2018 Inside Out Film and Video Festival.[3]

Something You Said Last Night, her debut feature film, is slated to premiere in the Discovery program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]

References
  1. Peter Knegt, "This filmmaker is pushing beyond 'sensational' trans narratives with a love letter to their nonna". CBC Arts, January 16, 2018.
  2. Olivier Boisvert-Magnen,"Prix Écrans canadiens 2019 : la domination québécoise". Voir, February 7, 2019.
  3. "Breaking Film and TV Industry News". IndieWire, June 4, 2018.
  4. Jeremy Kay, "Daniel Radcliffe as "Weird Al" Yankovic leads TIFF Midnight Madness; Discovery, Wavelength sections also unveiled". Screen Daily, August 4, 2022.


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